Anxiety and its disorders as risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A meta-analytic review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 43, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-46

  Bentley, Kate H ^a   Franklin, Joseph C ^b   Ribeiro, Jessica D ^b,c   Kleiman, Evan M ^b   Fox, Kathryn R ^b   Nock, Matthew K ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Military Suicide Research Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Meta analysis; Risk factor; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84949604317     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.11.008     Document Type: Review

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